The invention of this item allowed people to see actual images of soldiers--albeit posed--during the Civil War.
What is the camera?
100
Images of innocent victims during this war contributed to mounting opposition to it.
What is Vietnam?
100
The 2001 movie that is named after the site that was bombed by Japan, drawing the United States into World War II.
What is Pearl Harbor?
100
1969 Edwin Starr antiwar song that was featured years later in the movie Rush Hour.
What is War?
100
After losing both of her legs in combat, this Iraq War veteran went on to work for the Obama administration and is now running for Congress.
Who is Tammy Duckworth?
200
During World War II, people tuned into this medium to hear news updates from Edward R. Murrow.
What is the radio?
200
In a groundbreaking decision, this cable TV station provided 24-hour coverage of the Persian Gulf War in 1991.
What is CNN?
200
The 1983 movie in which a teenager gains access to a Department of Defense computer system.
What is War Games?
200
This Walter Dean Myers book tells the story of Robin, a young man who feels compelled to join the army after the terrorist attacks of September 11.
What is Sunrise Over Fallujah?
200
This famous general was also the first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
300
In an era before telephones, Paul Revere rode on horseback across Massachusetts to warn people of the impending arrival of the British during this war.
What is the Revolutionary War?
300
The first war to be covered on location by TV news programs.
What is Vietnam?
300
A movie about a disastrous U.S. military incursion into Somalia (during the 1990s) in which two helicopters were shot down by enemy fire?
What is Black Hawk Down?
300
This release of a popular video game is set on the Pacific (Asian) front of World War II.
What is Call of Duty: World at War?
300
This award is given to American military who are "wounded or killed in any action against an enemy of the United States or as a result of an act of any such enemy or opposing armed forces."
What is the Purple Heart?
400
Inventor, statesman, signee of the Declaration of Independence, this American was also well known because he was the publisher of the newspaper, the Pennsylvania Gazette?
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
400
Even without a traditional computer, this allows the military and journalists to receive and transmit information in remote war zones.
What are satellites (or what is a satellite phone)?
400
A movie named after the number of troupes brought to fight against the Persians in an ancient war.
What is 300?
400
This popular television series from the 1970s, about a group of doctors serving in the Korean War, can now be seen on Me-TV.
What is M.A.S.H.?
400
This soldier was the first African American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff--appointed by President George H.W. Bush--and first Secretary of State--appointed by President George W. Bush.
Who is Colin Powell?
500
This patriotic song was originally a poem, written during the War of 1812, and set to the tune of a popular British song. It wasn't until 100 years later that it was officially recognized.
What is the Star Spangled Banner?
500
This innovation in computer networking allows even those without cable TV to have 24-hour access to information about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
What is the Internet?
500
1989 movie, starring Denzel Washington, about the first all black volunteer company during the Civil War.
What is Glory?
500
The Lifetime TV series about the spouses of service members.
What is Army Wives?
500
Although more famous for "breaking the race barrier" in professional baseball, this soldier was court-martialed after refusing to move to the back of a chartered military bus.